Servers for Newbies

Server Choosing for Newbies!

Introduction

Everyone who have ever played WoW will probably not have much use of this guide, but for those who came to WoWHead before they started to play WoW itself, like I did, you might be interested in knowing about servers and such. So I'm going to present the four kinds of servers right here, and I'm going to give you some suggestions on which to pick if you happen to be a EU player. I'm also going to give you my own opinion on High Population, Medium Population or Low Population / New players.

Non-RP servers

A PvE server is a nice first choice. PvE stands for Player Versus Environment, meaning that other players of the opposite faction cannot attack you. People from your own faction can ask you to duel, but you will have to accept their request to do so.

A PvP server is a server where, on most places in the world, you can get attacked by enemy players. PvP stands for just that, Player Versus Player. There are safe spots, as cities of your faction or low-level zones where the opposite faction would never set foot.

RP-Servers

This is a bit more 'social' servers. People on these servers are likely to roleplay with their characters, pretending to actually have a story and perhaps friends or family. These people will often be annoyed if someone is destroying their roleplay. If you wish to roleplay, go ahead to pick one of these servers; that also exists in PvE or PvP format, but do not go there only to destroy what other people consider fun. It is not a must to roleplay on these servers, but it has heavier naming restrictions than normal servers and there will be roleplay happening.

Server Population

There are different kinds of Population on servers, as you can see to the most right on the Server Selection window. The populations are the following

High Population

Medium Population

Low Population

New Players

I'm going to give a fairly short explaination to each and every one.

High Population

A High Population Server is a server that likely have a steady economy, but also tend to have higher prices and more competition for various items.

Medium Population

A Medium Population Server likely have a steady economy as well, less competition and possibly lower prices.

Low Population

A Low Population Server might have a bit of an unsteady economy, but very little competition.

New Players

A Server for New Players are likely to have plenty of Newbies on it, and probably have a very high or very low economy, as well as a lot of competition in the lower brackets but almost none in the higher brackets.

The End

That's all for me. More of these will probably be posted in the future. When remains to be seen. Thank you for reading this, and please comment if you feel like you want something to be changed.

Commento di mpwalter

Good guide, but one thing that's confusion. When/where in the process of beginning to play this does one select a server? i know I chose my character's race and class, but don't recall choosing a server.

Commento di lankybrit

One thing you should definitely note about RP Servers. There is pretty much no CRZ in the old world, and even when there is CRZ, there are way fewer realms in your CRZ pool.